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bassad ,

I saw a pedestrian get bumped by a city car on a crossing yesterday, she rolled on the hood and had a leg injury.

With a higher hood, like a SUV, she would probably have been thrown onto the ground and hit her head…

No1 ,
@No1@aussie.zone avatar

So cool. I’m gonna get an aftermarket hood height riser on my Ferd Fteenthousand

2xar ,

Who would have thunk?

Psythik ,

I see what you did there, and I appreciate it.

n0m4n ,

Trucks like this are like having a huge gut, where you haven’t seen your …uhhh feet for years.

jaschen ,

My 5 year old son loves Monster Trucks. We walked past one of these behemoth in stock form and he thought it was a monster truck. He wasn’t far off.

pHr34kY ,

Road taxes should increase after certain dimensions and weights. Bonnet/hood height should be one.

Also, safety ratings should give equal weighting to the a vehicle’s impact absorbtion and impact contribution. It’s insane that something is considered safe solely because the occupant is protected.

reagansrottencorpse ,

I haven’t given it much thought before but you’re right, that is insane.

randomaside ,
@randomaside@lemmy.dbzer0.com avatar

Agreed. They should but there are these Cafe Standards that need to be dealt with. The cars have to be larger to be exempt because we’re using wheel base to help determine fuel economy (it should be weight not wheelbase) These exemptions need to go away.

…wikipedia.org/…/Corporate_average_fuel_economy

quicksand ,

I think places that aren’t America tend to do that, taxing by engine size. It’s not a perfect solution considering sports cars and such, but you’re not gonna find a 6L engine in a Kia

werefreeatlast ,

Wait, is it because we cannot see them? Or maybe they are just really short people?

nutsack ,

Yes these things are related

werefreeatlast ,

I’m sorry if you’re short… The truck is the answer to the age old question, “How did the dinosaurs get so damn big!?” Initially they were really small lizards but then as soon as the truck showed up in the form of a truck-like dinosaur, then all dinosaurs started to evolve into taller dinosaurs if they survived… survival of the fittest they say.

MiDaBa ,

A truck has to have a nose that looks like a big slab of concrete to oncoming traffic. If it doesn’t men will be forced to wear dresses, sing show tunes while sitting to pee. Thems the rules.

TrueStoryBob ,

I sit to pee because I’m lazy. The dresses I wear while belting out ballads from Skykid shows are just to assert my dominance in the workplace.

Llewellyn ,

I sit to pee because I’m lazy

But it takes slightly more work though the make the deed sitting

Burninator05 ,

There’s less clean up if you have bad aim though.

LrdThndr ,

Clearly you’ve never had a half-asleep sit-down pee session where your little fireman played “find the crack” with your pee stream and the toilet seat. Nothing like sleepily pulling up your pants to find your underwear cold and wet.

Llewellyn ,

And even worse to do it with a boner

lightnsfw ,

That’s what the shower is for.

Llewellyn ,

Or sink

dangblingus ,

You mean you don’t bend your dick down as far as it will go before hurting, hunched over the toilet like you’re on fentanyl, and let er rip?

dangblingus ,

Only a man could have known that such a thing is possible. I see you, brother.

ouRKaoS ,

Sleep naked. Now instead of wet underwear for sleepy you to deal with, you have a puddle for awake you to deal with!

Llewellyn , (edited )

If you clean your toilet less often than once a week, then yes.

But I get your point.

ShaggySnacks ,

I’m fairly confident the folks over at !fuck_cars, !fuck_cars, and !fuck_cars, could have told anyone that.

Psythik ,

Yeah but who cares what those nutjobs think?

There’s nothing wrong with cars, especially when they’re backed by a good public transit system and plenty of pedestrian-only paths. It’s the trucks (edit: and SUVs) that are the problem.

dangblingus ,

The thing wrong with cars was the psyop the oil companies played on North Americans in the 50s that it was the ultimate symbol of freedom, before designing entire metropolises around them and causing everyone to have to sit in their car for 2 hours a day needlessly.

theluckyone ,

I’d argue there’s nothing wrong with trucks, either. Some folk have a legitimate use for them: fitting construction material and lumber in the back; towing a trailer.

The problem is two fold, I figure: we’ve got a bunch of folk driving trucks (and SUVs) around that never have a legitimate use for them other than a status symbol. Then there’s the folk that have a partial need for them, but can’t afford to keep multiple vehicles around, so they’re stuck driving the truck they need a fraction of the time.

I’m in the latter category. If i could reliably rent a truck to haul/tow with, I’d replace my family’s Tacoma with a sedan, and save a bunch of money in the process.

Guy_Fieris_Hair ,

Pedestrians need to duck, not jump.

nutsack ,

that would not end well

dangblingus ,

Worst game of Temple Run ever.

quinkin ,

Try the all new Dodge Pedestrian Rammer.

TrueStoryBob ,

Ford F-150… the best selling child mulcher in the United States.

derpgon ,

Now with optional add on to munch 20% more child per child!

moon ,

It also directly correlates with smaller dick size

squiblet ,
@squiblet@kbin.social avatar

Maybe we need to destigmatize small dicks. That might solve a lot of societal problems.

bc1 ,
@bc1@lemmy.l0l.city avatar

Pedestrian infrastructure is not typically great either

Misconduct ,

The main downtown area where I live, that’s supposed to be walkable, just has sidewalks vanish halfway down some streets so you end up walking in the street for a few blocks. It’s so bad lol

Grass ,

I just biked home and cars were in the bike lane for 90% of it. The plows pulled all the reflectors off the road and now drivers can’t tell where the lanes are. Even though that entire lane is the dedicated right turn lane, they go in the bike lane. When we had snow a few days ago, pedestrians were in the road because the snow was plowed into the bike lane and sidewalk. Fuck 99.9% of US and Canadian infrastructure

GiddyGap ,

In the US that is. In many other western countries, pedestrian infrastructure is awesome and advanced. On the other hand, they usually also don’t have many of these trucks. Double whammy for US pedestrians.

Facebones ,

That’s the point 🤷

blackn1ght ,

The point being it’s the owners that are buying these cars because they want to kill pedestrians or the designers intentionally create them with higher bonnets specifically to kill pedestrians?

Facebones ,

The point being that owners are buying these vehicles to be the “winner” in any collision that may happen, and that includes with pedestrians.

thisorthatorwhatever ,

Unless the SUV or pickup has a trailer hitch and 4x4 power, it should be classified as a large sedan.

tal ,
@tal@lemmy.today avatar

Sedans can have trailer hitches.

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